Meaning of Slip | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act or instance of slipping.
2. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
3. A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
   countable, uncountable
4. A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
5. A descendant, a scion.
   obsolete
6. Mud, slime.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
7. A slipdress.
8. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
9. A mistake or error.
10. A long, thin piece of something.
11. A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
12. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
13. A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
14. A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
15. A slipway.
16. A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
17. Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
18. A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
19. A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
20. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
21. Clipping of sideslip.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
22. A portion of the columns of a newspaper, etc., struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
    dated
23. A child's pinafore.
    dated
24. An outside covering or case.
25. A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
    obsolete
26. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
27. A particular quantity of yarn.
28. A narrow passage between buildings.
    UK, dated
29. Either side of the gallery in a theater.
30. A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
    US
31. A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
32. The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
33. The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
34. The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
35. A fish, the sole.
36. A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.

Equivalents

Examples

“I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.”

“a slip of the tongue”

“This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom.”

“In quoting this passage I have taken the liberty to correct a grammatical slip.”

“He took a screamer at slip.”

“We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips, in search of deer.”

“He gave the warden the slip and escaped from the prison.”

“This morning I made a slip from the Office to White Hall.”

“a pillow slip”

“the slip or sheath of a sword”

“ROMEO:[…]Good morrow to you both. What counterfeit did I give you? MERCUTIO:The slip, sir, the slip. Can you not conceive?”

“the Grindstone, commonly called Slipp, is used to the same purpose in dying of Silks.”

“The gallery contains nine rows of seats, besides those in the slips.”

“After about a dozen competitions someone suggested that a slip should be sent round to those who applied for it, containing in full the clues of all prizewinners and of those highly commended (there was only room for the first prizewinner’s clue in the paper).”

“Manley is also a regular at the top of the Azed slip. As the two men talked, they quoted memorable clues as if they were lines of poetry.”

“Over the years I have given my views several times on this issue, both in the slips and in my 2006 book A-Z of Crosswords, but it will do no harm to repeat them yet again.”

“a slip from a vine”

“"So much for auguries," said Emily, pointing to a young geranium, which was growing in vigour below. "The day before I left home, I planted that slip, and, in idea, linked my futurity with the slight shrub, saying, If it flourishes, so shall I—if it dies, I shall die too. See how luxuriantly it blooms!"”

“a native slip to us from foreign seeds”

“She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.”

“Never, nevermore / Shall lone Œnone see the morning mist / Sweep thro' them—never see them overlaid / With narrow moonlit slips of silver cloud, / Between the loud stream and the trembling stars.”

“a salary slip”

“The Wasserpfeife or water-whistle from Moravia was a bird whistle made during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. […] The bird is of a grey and brown mottled glaze with sgraffito markings and touches of green slip.”

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